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单词 mascle
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Definition of mascle in English:

mascle

noun ˈmɑːsk(ə)lˈmaskəl
Heraldry
  • A charge in the form of a lozenge with a central lozenge-shaped opening through which the field appears.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He has on the back of his stone a shield with nine rows of chequers; over the top of the shield is a mascle between two keys fesswise, bits inwards and downwards.
    • A woman whose marriage has been dissolved bears on a lozenge her paternal arms, charged for the purpose of distinction with a mascle.
    • The fret itself is an interwoven cross with a mascle, and both are indicative of service in the Crusades.
    • The term mascle is from Latin ‘maculus’ meaning ‘spot,’ which in this context means a mesh in chain-mail.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Anglo-Latin mascula 'mesh'.

Rhymes

Gaskell, paschal
 
 

Definition of mascle in US English:

mascle

nounˈmaskəl
Heraldry
  • A lozenge voided, i.e., with a central lozenge-shaped aperture.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A woman whose marriage has been dissolved bears on a lozenge her paternal arms, charged for the purpose of distinction with a mascle.
    • He has on the back of his stone a shield with nine rows of chequers; over the top of the shield is a mascle between two keys fesswise, bits inwards and downwards.
    • The term mascle is from Latin ‘maculus’ meaning ‘spot,’ which in this context means a mesh in chain-mail.
    • The fret itself is an interwoven cross with a mascle, and both are indicative of service in the Crusades.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Anglo-Latin mascula ‘mesh’.

 
 
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